Mabel Carrizo | |
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| National Deputy | |
| In office 10 December 2019 – 10 December 2023 | |
| Constituency | Tucumán |
| In office 10 December 2013 – 10 December 2017 | |
| Constituency | Tucumán |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1979-01-13)13 January 1979 (age 47) Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| Party | Justicialist Party |
| Other political affiliations | Front for Victory(2013–2017) Unidad Ciudadana(2017–2019) Frente de Todos(2019–present) |
Nilda Mabel Carrizo (born 13 January 1979) is anArgentine teacher and politician, who served twice asNational Deputy elected inTucumán Province. A member of theJusticialist Party andLa Cámpora, Carrizo served in the Chamber from 2013 to 2017 and later from 2019 to 2023. In parlamient she sat in theFrente de Todosbloc.
Carrizo was born on 13 January 1979 inBuenos Aires. She studied to be a primary teacher at the Instituto de Enseñanza Superior inFamaillá,Tucumán.[1] Carrizo is married to Jesús Salim, a fellow Justicialist Party politician who was a provincial legislator in Tucumán.[2] Salim and Carrizo have two children.[1]
Carrizo's political career began as an activist inLa Cámpora, akirchnerist youth organization.[3] She was also a member of the Justialist Party Youth council.[4] Before being elected to office, she was an administrative worker at the Superintendencia de Riesgo del Trabajo (SRT), Argentina's labour work risk assessment agency.[1] In the2013 legislative election, Carrizo ran in theFront for Victory list in Tucumán as the third candidate, behind (then) Health MinisterJuan Manzur and Osvaldo Jaldo. The list received 46.94% of the vote, not enough for Carrizo to make it past theD'Hondt cut;[5] however, Manzur never took office, as he remained in his position as Health Minister, and Carrizo was sworn in as deputy in his stead.[6]
Carrizo's term ended in 2017, and she did not stand for re-election.[4] She would run again in2019, this time as the second candidate in theFrente de Todos list, behindMario Leito.[7] The list received 51.9% of the vote, and both Leito and Carrizo were elected.[8]
During her 2019–2023 term, Carrizo formed part of the parliamentary commissions on Pensions and Social Security, Families and Childhood, Education, Elderly People, Science and Technology, Social Action and Public Health, and Sports.[1] She was also a supporter of the 2020Voluntary Interruption of Pregnancy bill, whichlegalized abortion in Argentina.[9]